2G/2452 Pte Patrick McNiff, Royal Irish Regt/Labour Corps

1891 Born

Royal Irish Regiment transf. to Labour Corps (329681) 653rd H.S. Employment Coy.

1919 Jun 7. Shot by a sentry at Wellington Barracks.

• Sentry who shot him was Private Frederick Hughes, 3rd South Lancashire Regiment.
• In charge of the Guard Room Sergeant G W Morcan, 3rd South Lancashire Regiment.
• Witness Private H Daniels, 3rd South Lancashire Regiment.
• Witness Lance Corporal Wright, 3rd South Lancashire Regiment.
• His Commanding Officer Captain R Parkinson, Labour Corps
• He was unmarried, from Sligo. Brother James, sisiter MAry.

Buried Grangegorman Military Cemetery

British soldiers died in Ireland